I watched the Korean monster flick "Section 7" last night. I kept thinking, "in the hands of a more competent director and storyteller, this could be kinda fun." There were plot holes, pacing problems, and terrible lumps of exposition. But the central idea (deep water oil drilling brings something up, that thing terrorizes oil platform) was ok. So I wanted to like it, but I can't recommend it. It isn't actually good; it is a shadowy representation of a better movie.

Via Reddit, I found out that the Legend of Korra episodes are all up on the Nick.com site. If you watch them via iPad, it doesn't load ads either, good times. I got through the first five episodes and they've done a great job of continuing in the same universe without being stale.

I made it through an hour of Your Highness (disc, not streaming), before I turned it off. There were a few funny moments, but mostly it felt like they tried to make a movie that's "so bad, it's good", and then failed. Though Natalie Portman's bare ass was very nice.

Then on streaming, I watched Apocalypse Now for the fist time. What a delicious mindfuck of a movie. If I were the type of person to partake in altered states, doing that while watching Apocalypse Now would probably be a spiritual experience, but maybe not in a good way.

Colonel Kurtz is one of the scariest fucking characters I've seen in recent memory. Gives me the shivers.

Via Reddit, I found out that the Legend of Korra episodes are all up on the Nick.com site. If you watch them via iPad, it doesn't load ads either, good times. I got through the first five episodes and they've done a great job of continuing in the same universe without being stale.

I've been Tivo-ing this. I've got one episode left to go and I'm pretty stoked to see the end of it.

Then on streaming, I watched Apocalypse Now for the fist time. What a delicious mindfuck of a movie. If I were the type of person to partake in altered states, doing that while watching Apocalypse Now would probably be a spiritual experience, but maybe not in a good way.

Colonel Kurtz is one of the scariest fucking characters I've seen in recent memory. Gives me the shivers.

Did you watch the short or long (Redux) version? They are streaming both.

Also, yeah a good trippy movie. If you want something I thought had an oddly similar frenetic feel I'd suggest Bringing out the Dead (also streaming last I knew).

If you absolutely hate Nick Cage, you may not like it but I originally saw it in a theater and I remember thinking: This really calls for acid.

Then on streaming, I watched Apocalypse Now for the fist time. What a delicious mindfuck of a movie. If I were the type of person to partake in altered states, doing that while watching Apocalypse Now would probably be a spiritual experience, but maybe not in a good way.

Colonel Kurtz is one of the scariest fucking characters I've seen in recent memory. Gives me the shivers.

Did you watch the short or long (Redux) version? They are streaming both.

Also, yeah a good trippy movie. If you want something I thought had an oddly similar frenetic feel I'd suggest Bringing out the Dead (also streaming last I knew).

If you absolutely hate Nick Cage, you may not like it but I originally saw it in a theater and I remember thinking: This really calls for acid.

I watched the original version. I have the redux in my queue, but I think I'm going to wait until I'm in the right mood for it. I like Nicholas Cage, if he's in the right movie. When he's playing a character that gets to go batshit insane, he usually knocks it out of the park. I just checked on Bringing out the Dead, and currently it's disc only, marked as very long wait. Added it to my queue anyway.

I noticed that Transformers: Dark of the Moon (still haven't seen that one) and K19: Widowmaker (pretty good sub movie starring Liam Neeson, based on a true story) both popped up on Netflix over the weekend.

I noticed that Transformers: Dark of the Moon (still haven't seen that one) and K19: Widowmaker (pretty good sub movie starring Liam Neeson, based on a true story) both popped up on Netflix over the weekend.

Watched them both.

Transformers...wasn't good. Not even Spock could save this movie. At least an hour too long.

K-19 was pretty good, but I kept waiting for them to dive and never come back up.

Transformers...wasn't good. Not even Spock could save this movie. At least an hour too long.

That's what I keep hearing, which is why I never bothered seeing it in the theater, or since it came out in other media. Going to watch it on principle, though. Transformers *was* my childhood, Michael Bay be damned.

Transformers...wasn't good. Not even Spock could save this movie. At least an hour too long.

That's what I keep hearing, which is why I never bothered seeing it in the theater, or since it came out in other media. Going to watch it on principle, though. Transformers *was* my childhood, Michael Bay be damned.

Just as an FYI,Beast Wars and Transformers Prime are on instant streaming.Beast Wars remains one of my favorite cartoons,and Transformers Prime has Jeffrey Combs voicing Ratchet,and John Noble voicing Unicron.

Transformers...wasn't good. Not even Spock could save this movie. At least an hour too long.

That's what I keep hearing, which is why I never bothered seeing it in the theater, or since it came out in other media. Going to watch it on principle, though. Transformers *was* my childhood, Michael Bay be damned.

Just as an FYI,Beast Wars and Transformers Prime are on instant streaming.Beast Wars remains one of my favorite cartoons,and Transformers Prime has Jeffrey Combs voicing Ratchet,and John Noble voicing Unicron.

The old original Transformers from the 80s, too. Been watching those with my kids to "pass on the legacy" (and for my own enjoyment, too). They're not quite old enough for the Michael Bay movies, partly because of the violence/content, and partly because I want them to be old enough to understand what he did.

Transformers...wasn't good. Not even Spock could save this movie. At least an hour too long.

That's what I keep hearing, which is why I never bothered seeing it in the theater, or since it came out in other media. Going to watch it on principle, though. Transformers *was* my childhood, Michael Bay be damned.

Just as an FYI,Beast Wars and Transformers Prime are on instant streaming.Beast Wars remains one of my favorite cartoons,and Transformers Prime has Jeffrey Combs voicing Ratchet,and John Noble voicing Unicron.

The old original Transformers from the 80s, too. Been watching those with my kids to "pass on the legacy" (and for my own enjoyment, too). They're not quite old enough for the Michael Bay movies, partly because of the violence/content, and partly because I want them to be old enough to understand what he did.

"Show me where Michael Bay hurt you, Bumblebee..."

RE: Transformers G1, honestly there wasn't even much encouragement on my part, but my son has taken to G1 on Netflix in almost OCD like fashion. He's worked his way through a large part of it. He likes the early stuff the best, Season 1 and Season 2...it really was when the show was at its' best. He's constantly asking me about different characters and finding minor animation mistakes, it's pretty awesome. He's seen several other newer and flashier TF shows, but he loves the original G1 like no other. We all know that these were just glorified 22 minute toy commercials, but there was in truth something else that really set the series apart, and no TF show/series/reboot has come close to capturing it since. Beast Wars came close in seasons 2 and 3...

Not a knock on the new TF:Prime show, it's interesting and I like various parts of it, but it too seems to lack something, not sure what it is.

We were on a documentary kick last night. We watched three.1) Conan O'Brien Can't Stop--Really enjoyed this one as I'm a fan. It's nuts seeing how hard he was worked during his "Can't perform on TV" tour. He never turned down a meet and greet, went out of his way to sign autographs for fans cheering outside his hotel room. It was obvious that it was wearing him down over time though. You could hear the burnout kicking in. Highly recommend if you like Conan even a little.

2) This Film is Not Yet Rated (finally got around to seeing this)--The guy who directed this is kind of a dick but the points he makes are pretty clear. I enjoyed the points of comparison and was amused/angered over the various double standards the MPAA has employed over the years. And while I knew it, it sucked seeing the statistics involving the 7 largest media companies controlling over 90% of all media in the US.

3) Naked (something...can't remember) An R rated guide to an X rated world--Probably the weakest of the three. The subject matter was interesting (especially the bit on the rocket scientist/sex toy inventor) but the photographer went too artsy for me to really appreciate what he was doing with his subjects. The moments of "real" he captures with Janice and later Summer are some fantastic bits though.

Just watched the documentary Azorian: The Raising of the K-129. What happened was in the 1960's a Soviet sub with nuclear warheads sinks in deep waters in the Pacific. The Soviets go crazy looking for it, but to no avail. The US, however, knows where it is. The waters are so deep (for the time) that it was considered absurd to even attempt a recovery mission (the men are long dead, but the value is in captured Soviet technology).

The documentary was a combination of showing how they broke new ground in engineering and technology by attempting to recover the sub, combined with cold war espionage (the recovery ship was followed by soviet reconnaissance boats every step of the way). They built this massive boat, with a supremely strange profile, to do a mission that was technologically as difficult as going into space, and with some ingenuity and a kick ass cover story, they hid it in plain sight from both the American public and the Soviets. I mean, they had the recovery vehicle (in itself a huge thing) on a big ass barge right off the coast of San Francisco, with commercial and recreational craft going by it every day. While there were leaks to the media after the recovery of the sub, what actually happened was among one of the most guarded secrets of the US, all the way until the mid 90's.

If you enjoy the Mythbusters (because they explain engineering and physics in laymans terms) and/or the cold war, you should watch it. I thought it was going to be rather dry, but I found myself transfixed.

I've finished season one of Weeds. I originally skipped the show because it looked to me like some kind of pothead show like a bad Cheech and Chong rip off. I was very wrong, its a very good show, and Mary Louise Parker is ZOMG hot.

I've finished season one of Weeds. I originally skipped the show because it looked to me like some kind of pothead show like a bad Cheech and Chong rip off. I was very wrong, its a very good show, and Mary Louise Parker is ZOMG hot.

And somehow she gets hotter until the writers decide they just don't give a fuck and let the series go apeshit stupid.